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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

The grand jury that found seven indict-
ments for the Jail delivery of Riddleber-
ger did so by Just 8 to 4. They stood as
follows For Indictment, General I. }.
Adams. Admiral Alexander Carter, Lieu
tenant Commander Crabill. Commodore
CARRIER and the great American candidate
for Chris. Fansler's place, Charley Bar
ham. The other four were plain Frank
Sibert, Will Haun, Billy Burkett and Lewis
Emil hnnaer
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

There will be a picnic held by the Pine
Grove Sunday School in the woods near
Bowman's School House, on Saturday
Sept. 30. All of the neighboring schools
are invited. Come one, come all. There
will be a festival at night Tor benefit Of
the school. Committee.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26
Mnnv PcnnIc Rermse 10 Take

Cod Liver Oil on account of its unpleas-
ant taste. This difficulty has been ovor-
come in ScOrT's EMULSION Of Cod Liver
oil with Hypophosphites. 1t being as
palatable as milk, and the most valuable
remedy known for the treatment OF Con-
sumption. Scrofula and Bronchitis, Gen
eral Debility, Wasting Diseases of Chill
diem, Chronic Coughs and Colds, ha.
caused physicians in all parts of the world
to use it. Physicians report onr little pa
tients take it with pleasure. Try Scott
Emnlsion and be convinced. DIR. Thomas
Hall. Holly Creek, Ga, says 81 am using
Scotts Emulsion in the case of little
child one year old, wasting away and It n
improving fast Before nothing wonlC
stay in its stomach, but the Emulsion
agrees with it perfectly"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

Mr.. Joe. Hausenfuck, living on the
river near this place, brought IN the boss
cantaloupe of the season, on Tuesday
1t weighed PAT lbs, thus beat
ing the big one that was presented to
Senator Riddleberger by one and quarter
pounds. We have not been informed
what disposition our friend Joe. made OF
this monster melon, but are painfully
aware that 1t was not presented to the
poverty stricken fellows of the HERALD
Office. But this was merely an oversight
and not an intentional neglect of the
poor overworked crew that labor almost
day and night that their readers may re-
ceive the largest, brightest and best week
ly paper in the State. No, you bet that
Joe will remember the boys Of the HERALD
Office before the melon season is over.
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1887.
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

Almost every week we receive com
nlaints fron subscribers that they failed
to get the paper from the post office. This
is very annoying TO us, as it is to all
newspaper men. Every subscribers
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

All persons having in charge the NOV
ing of threshiDg locomotives should post
themselves on the requirements of the
law. 1t is not desirable on their part we
think, to cause runaways or iujure any
one, but very often their indifference
leads nigh to neglect.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

Woodstock is full OF pretty babies, we
can see them on all sides, but there was
little darling brought down from Edin-
burg on Monday that just took the cake
all round. 1t was the little three months
old daughter of our foreman, Mr.. Z. L.
Hisey, who, although he is himself as ugly
as original sin, can boast the handsomest
child In the county.
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Mt. JACKSON. Va. Aug. 18th, 'S7.

The District Conference, Of Rockingham
District of the Methodist church, will meet
on Sept. 9th, at 1880 p. NJ, and continue
through the week. Business sessions at
ga. NJ. and 2:3O P. NJ. Also preaching
at II A. NJ and 1880 P. NJ, each day. Min
listers and delegates from all parts OF tho
district will be present, as also prominent
ministers from abroad, among whom Rev.
Collins Denny, the travelling companion
of Bisnop Wilson on his recent missionary
tour through Iudia, China, and JAPAN
will give us the benefit o. his observations
while travelling through the dense millions
of the crowded population of those pagan
empires. All are cordially invited.
j. S. HOPKINS.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

The Valley Star Base Ball Club of this
place, composed of young boys from IA
to Is years of age, is now ready to receive
challenges from any club in the Valley
composed Of menu ers of like age.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

Sheriff w. IL. Wightman left for Rich
mond on Tuesday last. Mr. l. c. Baker
went with him and stopped over at the
Virginia penitentiary for a short sojourn'
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1887.
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

The Lutheran congregation, OF this
place, have erected handsome iron fence
in front Of their elegant new church. 1t
adds very much to the appearance of that
part of town.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

Mr.. Scott Brown, the live grocerymaD,
has removed his stock of goods to the
building lately occupied by the girgiHia"
newspaper, opposite the post Office, where
can be found full line of the incest and
freshest groceries at prices so low that you
can't help but buy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

Geary will sell you buggy whip for 10,
20, 25, 40, so and 70 cts. Also at sl.OO and
up to $3.50.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

Sweets to the sweet. Geary has just re-
ceiyed a most elegant stock of confection-
cries. They must be seen as it would take
a column to describe them
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

This section has been visited by several
fine rains in the last day OF two. They
came Just in time to save considerable
vegetation.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

GROCERIES GROCERIES II you are III
need OF any groceries, don't fail to call on
me and get my prices before purchasing
elsewhere. !. l.. Bennett
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

TOBACCO, CIGARS If you want the
largest and best piece of tobacco, and the
very best cigars in the town Of Woodstock,
call on T. +. Bennett.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

Coffee, sugar, bacon and lard at the very
lowest prices at T. L. Benefits.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

Don't fail to call at Geary's and exam
inc his remnant counter. The greatest
bargains out.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

Would it not be well for our police force
to see that the law in regard to cleaning
snow from the sidewalks Is properly en-
forced.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

Lemons, oranges, cocoanuts, raisins, cur
rants always in stock at T. Z. Benefits.
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On or about Sept LIST l will send out
statements of accounts. All accounts not
promptly settled will be given to an Off
Ger for collection. NJ. Geary.
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Fresh canned goods OF all kinds for sale
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

A lady in East Liberty, Pa, whose face
was covered with sores, was cnred by using
one bottle Of "Dr. Lindsey's Blood Search
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26
JAMES Nj. HlcKERsoN.
MANUFACTURER OF sTONEWARE
Strasburs, Shenandoah County, Va.
PRICE LIST.

gallon, net.
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have just received a big lot Of canned
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The members Of the colored d. t.
Church Of this place, will hold bush
meeting in supipger's Woods, on the north
edge Of town, on Sunday August Z7'n'
inst The public are cordially invited to
attend A. this will be the last bush meet
ing Of this season.
There will be a meeting of the shenan-
aoab Fire Company on Friday evening
novt at u o'clock. Every member is ex-
pected to be present.
fN a. r u ,~,-p Dopf
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26

RICHMOND g. DANgILLE r. n. co. CONDENSED SCHHDoAH
In effect lime . 1881 Trains by 18th Meridian Time
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-14

self to me and | will rejoice very much,
and call every day, and leave it to your
generosity to do me justice, and weigh
my love at your ~leasure."
Nelly sagely shook her head.
IF it only wasn't for Dick she
sighed, sinking back into an attitude of
detected musing.
Dick is of no consequence, An
thony Cowl calmly answered. "Let him
go, and give your hand to me-"
She had covered her eyes for an IN
slant, but she quickly glanced up. She
laughed, blushed, and clappcd her hands
in delight.
"Why, Icertainly thought that would
make you angry!n she confided to him,
giving him a melting look. 81 wonder
what your mother could have said to you
about me! Did she tell you anything
that we had said?"
''She only told me you were in every
way adorable
81 thought possible she had seen now
much | c-cared-" All at once the
Cameleon held out one of her hands to
her enchanted lover, with a radiant face
and lowered eyes. ssYou may kiss it'll
she said.
1t was a love-match.-TN The Epoch.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-14
The Versatile Drummer.

Have you ever considered the drummer
and the important part he Blaysin an Or
chestra2 The little boys always keep
their eyes on him, but grown up people
pay him the least attention of any of the
musicians, Why, he works harder than.
any of them, and if you have ever sat near
the corner Of the theatre occupied by him
you will learn what q versatile man he
must be to hold the position. He has
kettle drums, lass drums, snare drums,
cymbals and triangle to keep constantly
employed, but these are not all of the in
cidentals of his position, by any means.
Have you ever heard him play the xylo-
phone, blow the bird whistle, the rooster
call, the cuckoo and the locomotive whis-
tle2 Every drummer has these instrp-
ments to handle at least once-a week, but
he has besides sleigh bellsto jingle, casta-
nets to rattle, anvil to beat, tamborines,
bones, sanapaper and half a dozen other
things to introduce on occasions. Some
times he has to combine two or three of
them-in fact he is the effect of the or
chestra.
If he wanted to do SO, he could throw
his brethren into irretrievable confusion,
and to show what he can do if he desires,
see the case of Field Musician Francis
Wild, who was court-martialcd for a
funny ofense, included under the head
of insubordinafion. He was stationed on
Governors Island and a member of Com
pany G, and he efectualIy routed the
band in which he played. When Schu-
bert's serenade was played, instead of re-
sMMs - - $50 So
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-14
A Fight with Wildcats.

A California letter in the Atlanta Con-
stitutioa says: stYou may talk about your
mountain lion,n said an old hunter, as we
rode slowly up the Arroyo n early
morning after the rain, with the whim-
pering dogs all about, "but ! would
rather take my chances with one at any
time than with u pair of wildcats at close
quarters. 1t just seems as if a cat loses
its head like. They know they're caught,
and they are just bound to have it out if
it takes all summer. They fight worse
when there is a pair. just like a mountain
lion. / remembertone day, | was out on
a hunt in the winter of 1877, when game
was sothick here you could have it for
the asking, and | never went down into
the Arroyo without seeing a deer, We
started down where the railroad bridge is
now and worked up. i, having about
ten hounds, covered the track very we'll.
We had had a rain the day before and
there were so many tracks that the dogs
were baying in every direction-enough
to set a man crazy. | had M old dog
that / thought everything of. | knew
her voice out of the whole pack, and
when it began to speak ] knew there was
music in the air and game too, All at
once she let out up in, q little canyon
that they use now to get up on the
highlands, and, putting the spurs into
my horse, [ was over there in a
few minutes. There she was, rushing
this way and that, nosing here and there,
and there soon. was a growl and a snarl
and il. seemed to me as if a dozen wild
cats and dogs had come together. l saw
that the dog was in for it, so | tumbled
off the horse, and, with gun as a club,
literally waded in. As is generally the
case, at such times, being carried away
with excitement, I nearly laid my dog
out at the first blow, and before | could
make another attempt, one Of the cats,
for there were two of them, flew at me
and took me by the shirt Just at the
breast, and in a moment | was in tatters
and rags, after the fashion of the beggar
who is supposed to have. come to town.
The beast had me by such a firm grasp
that | dropped the gun and took her in
both hands and attempted to tear her off,
she biting and clawing me all the time.
l got out my knife and drove it
into her, and she dropped, snarling
and clawing and reaching for my legs
until the last, a type of vieiousness.
While / had been entertaining this one
the old hound had been Attending to the
other, and had, though fcIrfuliy torn,
mastered the big cat and killed it.. So
went out ahead, but when we com
pared notes the old dog and me were in
much the same box and didn't get over
IL for weeks J,
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-14
The Hyaeinth Trade.

The hvacinth trade is an important
branch of horticultural commerce. For al
least 800 wears it has been cultivated, and as
early as 1897 Gerard mentions six varieties
as grown in England. Less than a century
later the six had multiplied into many
single and double forms, and in the mid
Ole of last century the famous Dutch
growers of this bloom, supreme among
the flowers of spring, offered for sale
fifty Straightforward and nearly 100
double-iowered varieties.
The original of all these plants is not,
as many people suppose, the wild hyaeinth
of our woods, but a scarcely less insignifi-
cant Oriental form, bearing on a single
spike only a few narrowed-lobed sswashy
blue flowers" The Improvements in it
are all due to the skill of the gardener,
who selects his breeding forms with all
the care which the grazier bestows on
his Durhams and Ayrshires.
The result is that it is by no means
uncommon to see spikes of hyacinths
six OF seven inches long, and thickly set
with blooms which measure in circumfer-
ence from seven to nine inches. The En-
glish nurserymen have, no doubt, done
much to bring this plant to what they are
pleased to call perfection, though the
botanist considers it the acme of mon
strosity. But the Dutch growers still
maintain their traditional eminence as
the champion hyacinth rearers of the
world.
There is something in the soil of Hol-
land, something also in the humid atmo-
sphere, congenial to these plants, and a
great deal in the patient, unexcitable
character of its excellent people which
peculiarly suits them for the placid labor
of growing bulbs. HARLEM, which in
the height of the tulip mania was the
metropolis of this trade, is still pre-
eminently the home of the bulb mer-
chants. In April and the beginning of
May the suburbs for miles and miles will
be perfectly aglow with the most deli
cately scented fowers.-London Standard,
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-14

Now a scientific person has explained
why Hanlan is the great rover that he
is. DIR. Sargent, Of the Harvard gym
nasium, has examined him, and says
that he has "a great head and an ex-
cellent body all the way down to the
legs Judged by a standard Of per-
lection the oarsman's legs and arms are
too short. DIR. Sargent says that this
defect has made Hanlan the oarsman
he is, and that the power from the
shoulders, back and loins, together
with the immense leverage given by the
short legs and arms, is what has mad
him almost the perfection in build for
q ~sculler.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-14

Do you know that people like to be
humbuggeda" asked a physician of a
Philadelphia oaU reporter. Its a fact,
and a large percentage Of the practice
Of The most successful doctors is pure
humbuggery. A great many people are
filled with immaginary aches sad pains.
They've had thRsm tor years in their
imagination, and have grown to regard
them with a tenacious affection. When
they consult a physician about them
they do not like to have tie matter
pooh-poohed. They do not wish to be
told Ahere is nothing the matter with
them. They want to be told they are
sick; to be sympathized with, and to
be prescribed for. They then pay the
fec willingly. Some Of the best and
most persistent patients I have are as
sound as d dollar. + listen to their.
recital of their symptoms right along,
prescribe some harmless as well is use
less dose and charge II In my little
bin. 1t IS to this little diplomacy Of
mine that ] attribute much Of my
success.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-14
THE FIRST

Sve violet, starred with the dew,
What w~ondrous pains ] took
To hunt its pretty eyes of blue,
Along the babbling brook;
Sweet violet that bloomed for you
Within that sunny nook.
The loving warmth of southern skies
Shone on its NOISY bed.
And soonit opcd its sleepy eyes,
And raised its dropping head,
And gazed about in wild surprise
To find the snow had fled.
Blue as the waters of the bay,
Sweet herald of the spring;
To him whose skies are cold and gray,
said, ~perchance twill bring
A dream of bursting buds to-day,
And whir of robins wing.
Belle Bremen, an The Current,